Sing with me, sing for the years. Sing for the laughter'n sing for the tears.

I said the same things to Axl [Rose] that everyone said to me when me and Joe Perry were fighting.

The band's never taken a year off. Last August we decided to take one, and three months in I was bored to tears.

Its cool when I meet young guys from other bands who say how much an impact Aerosmith has had on them and how much they like me.I'll give 'em that 'C'mon you don't mean that' routine, but in my heart I know where they're coming from. If I had grown up in the '70's and was into rock n' roll, I know the kind of impact Aerosmith would have had on me. I know the kind of impact that Elvis and Jagger had on me, and while I'm not comparing myself to those guys, I can relate.

I'm really just a country boy.

I'll tell you what's fun - finding the right stewardess and turning her upside down in the back of a plane.

They've been stepping on my toes for years. It's just a reason to get new boots.